Chapter 1008 1108. Show off

Chapter 1008 1108. Show off

Nie Wei was not invited to this exhibition, and he was also responsible for the shooting task, so he looked very casual in his clothes, similar to the photographers beside him, a hooded sweater, jeans and basketball shoes.

But when he came with the crew, he immediately attracted Huang Jiazhu's attention.

He didn't know Nie Wei, but he was still attracted by Nie Wei's temperament and appearance at the first time, and felt from the bottom of his heart that this young man should not be a simple person.

The staff who brought him here also found Nie Wei and others later. He recognized Nie Wei at the first time and greeted him enthusiastically.

"Mr. Nie, you are..."

"I came here to shoot a documentary for the Bauhinia Museum and followed Teacher Wang." Nie Wei explained with a smile, and at the same time did not forget to show the pass that the exhibition temporarily prepared for the crew.

"It is an honor for you to come to our watch exhibition and exchange meeting. We will have a dinner party later. We want to invite you to attend. It is more than just an honor or not?" The staff member did not care about Nie Wei's pass at all. He just stared at Nie Wei with envy and asked sincerely.

He knew Nie Wei's influence very well. Such a big man appeared in this watch exhibition and exchange meeting. It was something worth writing about. What he had to do now was to keep Nie Wei as much as possible, and then notify the media to release the news that Nie Wei participated in this watch exhibition and exchange meeting.

Nie Wei was about to refuse directly when he saw Huang Jiazhu coming over.

"Xiao Ma, this gentleman is..." Huang Jiazhu looked at Nie Wei and asked curiously.

"This is Mr. Nie Wei. He is engaged in the entertainment and Internet industries. Our partner this time, Fanxing Weibo, is his company. He is also the most famous actor and director in our mainland. I wonder if you have seen the recent "Inception". It was shot by Mr. Nie."

"Ah, nice to meet you." Huang Jiazhu showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, and then extended his hand enthusiastically to shake hands with Nie Wei.

Huang Jiazhu was not clear about Nie Wei's identity as an actor and director. He actually hadn't seen the "Inception", but Nie Wei's name was well-known to him.

After all, this is a man standing at the top of the world's wealth and one of the most billionaires in Asia. Even if he is ignorant and out of touch with society, he would not be so ignorant that he doesn't even know the name of such a super rich man.

But looking at Nie Wei, he couldn't hide his surprise in his eyes.

In his era, there would be no rich man like Nie Wei, wearing a set of casual clothes that only cost a few hundred yuan, hiding aside and shooting silently without making a sound. If it weren't for his outstanding appearance and temperament, he might not have noticed Nie Wei.

The wealthy people of his generation are just the opposite. No matter what they do or what occasion they appear in, they hope to be the protagonist there, accept everyone's compliments, and become the center of the whole occasion.

"This is Mr. Huang Jiazhu, he is the top watch collector in our Chinese circle." Seeing that Huang Jiazhu was very interested in Nie Wei, the staff on the side hurriedly introduced him.

"Hello, Mr. Huang." Nie Wei politely greeted Huang Jiazhu and stepped aside to continue his shooting task. He did not want to continue to have a deep chat with Huang Jiazhu.

Huang Jiazhu, who has been praised by everyone for traveling back and forth between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait in recent years, was embarrassed to see that Nie Wei, a young man, was not interested in him at all.

The staff accompanying Huang Jiazhu was very discerning and immediately interrupted: "Mr. Huang, don't you want to bring your collection to Mr. Wang to appreciate it?"

"Yes, Mr. Wang, come and see my collection, Mr. Nie, if you are interested, you can also come and take pictures." Huang Jiazhu also invited Nie Wei.

Nie Wei did not refuse, just wanting to see what kind of collection this collector could bring out.

A group of people quickly sat down at a round table, and Huang Jiazhu's assistant also opened the safe that he had been carrying. Nie Wei asked the photographer to take a look and found that most of the items inside were pocket watches and wristwatches, especially pocket watches, which occupied more than half of the entire safe.

Huang Jiazhu did not take out all the watches in the box, but picked out a small brass pocket watch from it and held it in his hand.

"Teacher Wang, and Mr. Nie, take a look at my pocket watch."

While speaking, Huang Jiazhu had already started to wind the pocket watch, and soon, a pocket watch that had been suspended for many years came to life again.

The design of the pocket watch is very clever. The hour and minute hands are not like normal pocket watches. As the theme of the entire dial, they are at the bottom of the dial, and a small territory is marked out separately. Instead, the second hand spans half of the dial from the center.

What's interesting is that as the second hand turns, birds fly through the hollow space above the dial. The craftsman skillfully draws a soldier holding a gun on the dial, and the muzzle of the gun is aimed at the birds flying through the hollow space of the dial.

"It's quite interesting, right? This pocket watch was passed down from a French viscount's family. Six years ago, I bought this pocket watch at a Christie's auction for $220,000."

Speaking of this, Huang Jiazhu looked around proudly, and then asked Wang Jin with a smile: "Mr. Wang, does the Bauhinia Museum have such a pocket watch?"

As soon as this question came out, not only was Wang Jin holding the pocket watch stunned, but even Nie Wei, who was taking pictures on the side, couldn't help but reveal a slightly surprised expression.

The next second, Nie Wei couldn't help but feel happy in her heart. This Huang Jiazhu didn't come to see Teacher Wang Jin to check his watch. He came here just to show off.

Should he be described as Yelang arrogant?

Following Wang Jin's shooting these days, Nie Wei has also learned a lot about the clock collection of the Bauhinia Museum. The collection of clocks it owns goes beyond the 123 pieces on display in the clock museum.

In fact, there are more than 1,500 existing clocks in the Bauhinia Museum.

Many of these collections are not even found in large museums in Europe when watches were in their prime. Nie Wei could easily cite countless examples that would overwhelm Mr. Huang Jiazhu's collection.

Just like the pocket watch in his hand now, even if the watchmaker used a little care in the design, the flying bird in the hollow is not considered a superb technique. In the Bauhinia Museum, there is a writer's clock. The uniqueness of this clock is that in its design, there is a kneeling foreigner at the bottom, holding a movable pen. As long as he is dipped in ink and a specially designed copybook, he can While the clock was working, he also independently wrote eight square Chinese characters on the copybook: "Eight Directions, Nine Earths Come to the King".

And the writing is better than most people writing by hand.

There is also the water clock that Teacher Wang Jin is currently repairing. How can these unique and ingenious works be compared to those collected by Huang Jiazhu?

Perhaps Huang Jiazhu's collection is very good for ordinary people. After all, his watches are worth millions, but for the national treasures of the Bauhinia Museum, it is really not enough.

"We have some similar ones, but they haven't been repaired much." Wang Jin replied with a faint smile, and then handed the pocket watch back to Huang Jiazhu.

This made Huang Jiazhu uncomfortable, and Zong felt unhappy that he didn't feel better than the other person.

After thinking about it, he took out another box from the safe, opened it, and found a golden pocket watch inside.

"This is amazing. This watch is a birthday gift from Queen Victoria to her daughter, the current Queen Victoria. The point is here." Huang Jiazhu showed the back of the dial to everyone and proudly introduced: "What is written on it , to my loving daughter, Victoria.”

"How about it? Does the Bauhinia Museum have this?" Huang Jiazhu finally asked the same question as before.

This time Wang Jin shook his head, still smiling slightly, and replied no.

"Hahahahaha." Huang Jiazhu laughed proudly. While showing his pocket watch to the people around him and letting them take pictures, he said with a happy smile: "As long as there is a part in my collection that the Forbidden City does not have, then I will Very happy.”

Nie Wei, who had been standing silently beside him, couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this.

"Mr. Nie, what are you laughing at?" Huang Jiazhu, who was happily hearing Nie Wei's laughter, suddenly felt a bit harsh, so he frowned and asked.

"I just think the watch you collected is pretty good." Nie Wei replied with a smile.

"Well, it's indeed not bad." Wang Jin looked at Nie Wei with a smile and gave the same comment.

Just when Huang Jiazhu was confused, Nie Wei suddenly rolled up his sleeves, took off his watch and handed it to Wang Jin.

"Mr. Wang, please come and take a look at my watch."

"Oh?" Wang Jin took the watch from Nie Wei's hand with great interest. Huang Jiazhu also looked at it curiously. It didn't matter. When he saw the watch in Wang Jin's hand clearly, his eyes suddenly widened.

He felt that if he was not mistaken, this should be Patek Philippe’s most classic platinum world time watch.

The reason why he knows this watch so well is because this watch once fetched a sky-high price of four million US dollars at a Christie's auction. He just doesn't know whether Nie Wei's watch is the same as the one with a sky-high price of four million US dollars. Same, belong to the same batch and era.

"Patek Philippe, world time watch, a good watch." Wang Jin just looked at it for a moment and returned the watch to Nie Wei. What made Huang Jiazhu's eyelids jump was that this watch might be worth more than four million. , Nie Wei put it on his wrist so carelessly.

"Mr. Nie, can you take a look at it for me?" Huang Jiazhu couldn't help but asked out of curiosity.

A watch collector like him is actually most interested in world-famous watches like the one on Nie Wei's wrist. They have collection value and can quickly increase in value. For him, this is the best collection.

"Of course it's no problem." Nie Wei didn't mind the trouble and took off the watch again and handed it to Huang Jiazhu.

Compared with Nie Wei's casualness, Huang Jiazhu, who took the watch, seemed cautious, as if it were a treasure. He didn't dare to touch the watch with force. He looked at it carefully over and over for a long time before he reluctantly returned the watch to Nie Wei.

"Mr. Nie, is this watch of yours the same as the one at the auction in the United States?"

"It's the same one." Nie Wei replied with a smile.

This was Shu Chang's birthday gift to him this year. Shu Chang didn't specify how much it cost, but he vaguely said that most of her small treasury was used up.

According to Nie Wei's calculations, Shu Chang's purchase of this watch should have cost more than six million US dollars.

In fact, Nie Wei himself is not keen on famous watches. Unless he attends some formal occasions, Nie Wei usually wears Casio G-SHOCK series sports watches. The reason is also very simple, because they are durable, especially those with solar energy. , which eliminates the trouble of changing batteries.

But Nie Wei was naturally happy to accept Shu Chang's kindness. On the day he received his birthday gift, Nie Wei took off his sports watch worth thousands of yuan and replaced it with this Patek Philippe worth tens of millions of Chinese yuan.

Although this watch is expensive, it looks very low-key. It is not inlaid with any precious gems. The most expensive part is the white gold dial, but this dial is not obviously waterproof. Generally, no one can see the material of the dial at all without looking carefully.

The case and strap are also very low-key. The overall look is old because of the age. If you meet someone who doesn't know the goods, I'm afraid they won't accept it for a hundred yuan.

Under Huang Jiazhu's surprised eyes, Nie Wei put on the watch and asked him with a smile: "Mr. Huang, I wonder if you have my watch in your collection?"

Huang Jiazhu was surprised that Nie Wei would ask him this question, but he opened his mouth and shook his head with a wry smile.

This Patek Philippe platinum world time watch was produced in 1930. Only four pieces of the same batch are known to exist in good condition. The last time it appeared at an auction was the one Nie Wei was wearing.

He also liked this watch very much, but unfortunately, even if he was rich, some things could not be bought, such as this watch.

Huang Jiazhu quickly said goodbye. He also felt that his complacency caused dissatisfaction among Nie Wei and others, otherwise Nie Wei, who had been silent, would not suddenly stand up and slap him in the face.

Wang Jin watched happily for a long time, and only smiled and gave Nie Wei a thumbs up until Huang Jiazhu left.

"I just think there is something wrong with his thinking. The famous watches collected by the Bauhinia Museum have profound historical significance, representing the ingenious ideas and top craftsmanship of the watchmakers of that era. Each piece is a national treasure."

"Mr. Huang, simply dividing by category, has fallen into the lower class. Sometimes there are some watches, not that the Bauhinia Museum does not collect them, but that there is no need to collect them, just like the one I am wearing on my hand. It is indeed very expensive, but I don't think it is qualified to be placed together with those ingenious watches in the watch museum."

Nie Wei's words made Teacher Wang Jin nod with a smile, and looked at Nie Wei with great appreciation.

He didn't say a word when Huang Jiazhu was showing off just now, but that was just because he was well-mannered and didn't want to embarrass Huang Jiazhu in person, but from the bottom of his heart, Wang Jin still felt that Huang Jiazhu's collection could not be compared with the Forbidden City at all.

Just as Nie Wei said, many of the watches and clocks in the Forbidden City collection have profound historical significance and are national treasures. Each one is the top watch and clock at the time, containing the top ideas and craftsmanship of the watchmakers at the time. It is a testimony to the top skills of an era.

Thinking of this, Teacher Wang Jin looked at the watch on Nie Wei's wrist and suddenly smiled: "You are wrong. If you are willing to donate your watch to our Bauhinia Museum, we are willing to put it on display in the watch museum."

Nie Wei, who was sighing for his noble sentiments, was dumbfounded when he heard this.

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